Scotopic sensitivity: Relation to age, dietary patterns, and smoking status

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 867-872

  Hammond Jr , Billy R ^a   Wenzel, Adam J ^a   Luther, Michael S ^a   Rivera, Richard O ^a   King, Stephanie J ^a   Choate, Marion L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Rods; Scotopic sensitivity; Smoking

Indexed keywords

HEALTH HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; VITAMINS;

SCOTOPIC SENSITIVITY;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; MELANIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT;

EID: 0344096566     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199812000-00008     Document Type: Article

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